by laura beth

Bisbee is a darn nice town. It's beautiful, historic, quaint, and the people are super friendly. It definitely maintains the charm that I think makes small town America so attractive. People know each other on the street and there is a lazy, laid-back vibe throughout the town. Bisbee is a mining town, and many houses were built in the late 1800's, before automobiles existed. Everyone got around by foot or mules, and homes are built on tiered hillsides with flights of stairs from street level on up. To celebrate this quirkiness, a local non-profit sponsors a fitness challenge called Bisbee 1000 which includes climbing up and down all of the stairs in town.



Our day in Bisbee pretty much consisted of this geocache. The GPS coordinates lead us to a cool little shop, where I bought my new favorite earrings, and where we met Roger. The rest of the photo clues led us around town and up a high winding road, aptly named High Road. It was a little warm to be climbing up stairs and hiking up hills in the middle of the day, but we were rewarded with interesting sites, awesome views, a pretty cool find. Later on we ran into Roger again, who was excited that our geocache hunt was successful. He joined us for a couple of beers at the Copper Queen. We really enjoyed shooting the breeze, but eventually had to mosey on out of town and on to New Mexico.

Check out these sites on Bisee, and be sure to visit if you ever get the chance:

Bisbee Chamber of Commerce
City of Bisbee
Discover Bisbee